big, soft head into his lap.
“ Thanks , boy, ” said Ben, looking down and ruffling his ears. “ I really needed that. ”
Above, the full moon was glowing, nestled in a cloud- free sky. New beginnings, he thought, staring up at it. Silver stars twinkled all around. It was time to stop dreaming. N ew beginnings...
Glen
Sorry , Ben, I wanted to warn you when I realised what was going on, but I had no way of telling you – you wouldn ' t understand me, me being a dog. Pretty obvious I guess. Not sure what I was thinking there . So here we are, just the two of us, sitting on the step, looking at the moon. Well it ' s a pretty nice moon. “ Voof. ” Kinda glowing , it is. Really bright. “ Voof , voof. ” Oops, he frowned. Best I don ' t howl at the moon I suppose – guess he won ' t find that funny tonight .
David is now on my ' t o bite in an ideal world where anything goes ' list. In reality, I ' d get arrested. Well, Ben would get arrested , and I ' d end up in a dogg y home or in big doggy trouble at least . It g ives me the shivers just thinking about it. I ' m not letting David take me for walkies or s troke me ever again. Nope.
Poor Ben, he looks so sad. I ' ll just nuzzle him . Y ep, he likes that. Nestle my head right there on his lap and look up at him with my big, brown eyes. I know that works wonders! I s that a little smile I see? Ok ay , maybe not, but he ' s stopped frowning. I ' ll just stay like this for a while. Oo ps , my eye i s twitching. It itches! Oo h , my ear is flicking. Flick, flick, please scratch it , Be n, please, doggy please. Ah, nice. Shucks !
What is Josie thinking? David is totally the wrong choice. They don ' t match. They are totally different. Like a cat a nd a dog. Nope , he ' s not a dog – insult to me. Like a cat and a mouse. That ' s more like it, D avid being the cat, of course, ' cos he ' s looking fo r a catch and she ' s it . I didn ' t think she liked him. I thought she lik ed Ben. Ben is nice. What ' s wrong with her ?
Has it got something to do with David walking around half-naked? Ben doesn ' t do that. Ben always wears clothes. Is it the way David is always flicking his hair – Ben doesn ' t . Nope, i t can ' t be that. What else? Maybe David looks better to girls? Well, I might be biased, but I think Ben looks voofing better. David talks more than Ben, that ' s for sure. What about the way he talks and the way he smiles all the time? He really thinks he ' s the dog ' s bollocks. Maybe that ' s it! Maybe he has bigger bollocks. Or maybe he just thinks he has bigger bollocks.
Ben is m y b est mate. Best mates count for something. Ben deserves to win, but has he already lost? I ' ll have to find out. Hope she went to her own roo m. There ' s me thinking she likes Ben, yet he stands as much chance as me with that posh but beautiful golden Labrador in the park. “ Voof. ” I could dream about her all night. If only she was here with me now under this glowing full moon. I think she ' d find it really doggy romantic, w hereas David is just dodgy. Josie is too nice to be with him. I need a plan, but not now. I ' m too tired to think a nd Ben ' s lap is really cosy. Time for a snooze.
Chapter 13
“ Oh shit! ” gasped Josie, waking up to see a b ig guitar case and an ocean of pants, socks, trousers, books, crisp packets, beer cans, albums – you name it, it was decorating the floor. Where was she? Why wasn ' t she in her room? Oh, her head! Thump, thump, thump!
The answer nudged her . Ah ! Oh my god! Who ' s that? David! She was in David ' s room! In his bed! Looking at his piles of pants on the floor! Nooo ! Oh my god, she was in one of those movies where you can ' t remember what happened the night before and there ' s some stranger lying next to you , grinning inanely. Excep t David was, thankfully, still asle ep and he wasn ' t a stranger, t hough right at this moment she wasn ' t sure if that was the lesser of two evils!
Got to get out of here
“ Thanks , boy, ” said Ben, looking down and ruffling his ears. “ I really needed that. ”
Above, the full moon was glowing, nestled in a cloud- free sky. New beginnings, he thought, staring up at it. Silver stars twinkled all around. It was time to stop dreaming. N ew beginnings...
Glen
Sorry , Ben, I wanted to warn you when I realised what was going on, but I had no way of telling you – you wouldn ' t understand me, me being a dog. Pretty obvious I guess. Not sure what I was thinking there . So here we are, just the two of us, sitting on the step, looking at the moon. Well it ' s a pretty nice moon. “ Voof. ” Kinda glowing , it is. Really bright. “ Voof , voof. ” Oops, he frowned. Best I don ' t howl at the moon I suppose – guess he won ' t find that funny tonight .
David is now on my ' t o bite in an ideal world where anything goes ' list. In reality, I ' d get arrested. Well, Ben would get arrested , and I ' d end up in a dogg y home or in big doggy trouble at least . It g ives me the shivers just thinking about it. I ' m not letting David take me for walkies or s troke me ever again. Nope.
Poor Ben, he looks so sad. I ' ll just nuzzle him . Y ep, he likes that. Nestle my head right there on his lap and look up at him with my big, brown eyes. I know that works wonders! I s that a little smile I see? Ok ay , maybe not, but he ' s stopped frowning. I ' ll just stay like this for a while. Oo ps , my eye i s twitching. It itches! Oo h , my ear is flicking. Flick, flick, please scratch it , Be n, please, doggy please. Ah, nice. Shucks !
What is Josie thinking? David is totally the wrong choice. They don ' t match. They are totally different. Like a cat a nd a dog. Nope , he ' s not a dog – insult to me. Like a cat and a mouse. That ' s more like it, D avid being the cat, of course, ' cos he ' s looking fo r a catch and she ' s it . I didn ' t think she liked him. I thought she lik ed Ben. Ben is nice. What ' s wrong with her ?
Has it got something to do with David walking around half-naked? Ben doesn ' t do that. Ben always wears clothes. Is it the way David is always flicking his hair – Ben doesn ' t . Nope, i t can ' t be that. What else? Maybe David looks better to girls? Well, I might be biased, but I think Ben looks voofing better. David talks more than Ben, that ' s for sure. What about the way he talks and the way he smiles all the time? He really thinks he ' s the dog ' s bollocks. Maybe that ' s it! Maybe he has bigger bollocks. Or maybe he just thinks he has bigger bollocks.
Ben is m y b est mate. Best mates count for something. Ben deserves to win, but has he already lost? I ' ll have to find out. Hope she went to her own roo m. There ' s me thinking she likes Ben, yet he stands as much chance as me with that posh but beautiful golden Labrador in the park. “ Voof. ” I could dream about her all night. If only she was here with me now under this glowing full moon. I think she ' d find it really doggy romantic, w hereas David is just dodgy. Josie is too nice to be with him. I need a plan, but not now. I ' m too tired to think a nd Ben ' s lap is really cosy. Time for a snooze.
Chapter 13
“ Oh shit! ” gasped Josie, waking up to see a b ig guitar case and an ocean of pants, socks, trousers, books, crisp packets, beer cans, albums – you name it, it was decorating the floor. Where was she? Why wasn ' t she in her room? Oh, her head! Thump, thump, thump!
The answer nudged her . Ah ! Oh my god! Who ' s that? David! She was in David ' s room! In his bed! Looking at his piles of pants on the floor! Nooo ! Oh my god, she was in one of those movies where you can ' t remember what happened the night before and there ' s some stranger lying next to you , grinning inanely. Excep t David was, thankfully, still asle ep and he wasn ' t a stranger, t hough right at this moment she wasn ' t sure if that was the lesser of two evils!
Got to get out of here
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